Clothes-drier.



No. 632,629. Patented sept. 5, |899. .L 1'. 9 B. A. BEST.

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JOSEPH THOMAS BEST AND BENJAMIN ANTHONY BEST, OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA.

ClLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,629, dated September 5, 1899 Application filed May 25, 1899. Serial No. '718,190- (No modeL? To @ZZ whom zit my concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH THOMAS BEsT and BENJAMIN ANTHONY BEST, citizens of the United States, residing at High Point, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulllnprovemen'ts in Olothes-Driers; and We do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to certain novel improvements in clothes-driers, and more particularly to that class which are primarily intended for use in connection with a stove or range or the smokepipe used therewith, though of course the device is not confined to such use, but may be used in a variety of other places.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and convenient device of this character.

To this end the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of our improved clOthes-drier adjusted to the vertical pipe Of a stove. Fig. 2isa similar view showing the application of the device to a horizontal smoke-pipe. Fig. 3 is a side elevation Of the pivoted fingers removed from the supporting-bracket. Fig. A is a reduced plan view of the same, partly extended; and Fig. 5 shows another manner of adjusting the rack.

The supporting-bracket consists of a socket l, preferably of cast-iron, to which is riveted a sheet-metal strap 2, the free ends of which are orificed and turned parallel with each other to receive the thumb-screw 3, by means of which the device may be adjusted to the stovepipe in either of the positions shown in Figs. l and 2. The socket l is formed with a transverse orifice la and with an intersecting longitudinal orifice lb, in either of which the stud-pin 4 may be inserted to support the rack-fingers in a horizontal position without respect to the position of the stovepipe. The stud-pin 4 is iixed to the main rack-finger 5 at an obtuse angle, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the rack when extended Will support its maximum weight without dropping below a horizontal plane. The finger is formed with an offset 6 to receive the parallel stud-pins 7 7, which act as guards to retain the superimposed iingers in alinement when the rack is closed. The contiguous ends of the fingers terminate in enlarged disk bearings pivoted together by a rivet to permit the members to be adjusted at any convenient angle or extended longitudinally, as desired, and the free end of the topmost finger terminates in a ring or eye which when the rack is used in a conned space may be placed over the studpins 7 7, so that the outermost memberis supported, the whole forming a triangle. This ring also acts as a protector should a persons 'face accidentally come in contact with the end when extended, and it also serves as a convenient means for suspending the rack when detached from its socket.

In addition to its utility as a clothes-drier it will also be found equally efficient for towels, napkins, and similar household articles.

The accompanying drawings show our invention in the best form now known to us; but many changes in the details might be made within the skill of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of our invention as set forth in the claims at the end of this specification.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A clothes-drier comprising a collapsible rack consisting of more than two members, one of the members being provided with guard-pins to receive the remaining members when the Tack is foldedor collapsed, and the end member being provided with an eye adapted to engage said guard-pins when said rack is extended, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A clothes-drier comprising a series of rack members, one of the end members being formed with guard-pins to receive the rei oui1 hands in presence of two subscribingwitmaining members, andthe other end memnesses.

ber terminating iu an eye to engage said pins JOSEPH THOMAS BEST.

and support the free end of said end meml BENJ. ANTHONY BEST. 5 ber, substantially as and for the purpose set XVitnesses:

forth. I. MONTGOMERY,

J. R. WARD.

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